David Zirin of The Nation, notes Kenny Stills as an outspoken critic of the apparent hypocrisy that Ross displayed in hosting a fundraiser and heading the RISE nonprofit. Further, Zirin notes the fact that the “NFL is almost entirely dependent on black labor and black bodies in its pursuit of billions of dollars in annual […]
“He always lays his head down or looks out the window! He never participates in discussions! He doesn’t seem to be interested in the class and his grades are suffering for it.” These might be familiar conversations for teachers who encounter unmotivated Black adolescents. At the end of their wits, the teachers throw up their […]
The brightly colored barrettes hitting one another sounded like faint wind chimes as we ran and played. Most of us girls had colorful, plastic hair barrettes in an assortment of shapes and sizes that our mothers, or the women who loved us, clipped onto our hair to secure our braids and plaits. We all had […]